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Veerappan, who hails from the suburbs of Las Vegas, chooses to embrace the fun side of his campaign, running once again as an independent candidate under the nickname his roommate gave him last year.Read More…

Approximately 250 students and community members gathered for The Daily Californian’s annual ASUC Candidates Forum on Friday to listen to this year’s executive candidates discuss the goals they hope to accomplish if elected.Read More…

California voters will not decide in the 2014 election whether race, gender, and ethnicity ought to be considered in college admissions, after lawmakers postponed deliberation on a bill that intends to amend the state constitution.Read More…

The question of whether affirmative action policies should be implemented once again by the University of California was hotly debated between ASUC Senator Solomon Nwoche and ASUC presidential hopeful David Douglass in front of approximately 50 audience members at Moffitt library Friday evening.Read More…

For the second straight year, UC Berkeley senior David Douglass announced his candidacy for ASUC president on Thursday, with affirmative action, immigration reform, and global warming driving his campaign.Read More…

After receiving specific information regarding the allocation of UC President Janet Napolitano’s $5 million initiative to aid undocumented students, campus administrators are developing a plan to divide up funds between programs and financial aid for undocumented undergraduates by the end of February 2014.Read More…

The cries of protesters at the November meeting of the UC Regents escalated to screams Tuesday as students and activists demanded that Janet Napolitano step down from her position as UC president.Read More…